All posts tagged: Danish Christmas

Danish Christmas Cookies and Mulled Wine / Glögg

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To me, nothing tastes more like Christmas than Danish Christmas Cookies / Brunkager – a crisp, spiced cookie – and Glögg – a mulled hot wine. Here are my family’s recipes 🙂 Danish Christmas Cookies / Brunkager 7 ounces butter 7 ounces sugar 1/2 cup sirup 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 tbsp ginger 1 tsp ground cloves 12.5 ounces all-purpose flour or more 1 tsp baking soda 3.5 ounces chopped almond slivers (optional) 1.8 ounces grated organic orange peel How you do it: Mix butter, sugar, sirup and spices well. In a separate bowl mix the flour and baking soda well. Then mix this into the first mixture. Knead the dough together with almonds and orange peel. Add more flour if needed. Divide the dough into 2-3 equally big parts. Roll and shape them so you have 2-3 fat rolls. Then you wrap each of them in plastic foil and store them in the fridge overnight – or longer. Cut the rolls into 3-4 millimeter thick slices which you place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Leave …

A Magical Christmas Night in Tivoli

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The old charming amusement park, Tivoli, in the heart of Copenhagen is beautifully decorated for Christmas. We had a magical night there surrounded by “snow”, pretty lanterns, lights, Christmas trees and ornaments everywhere. We bought Danish “aebleskiver” and “glögg” (hot spiced wine) from one of the many snow covered wooden pavilions and enjoyed it outside on cafe chairs with blankets wrapped around us. Does it get any more “hyggeligt”/cozy than this?

A Danish Christmas

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Here is a little sample of my Danish Christmas. The old streets of Copenhagen decorated with garlands, lights, hearts and stars. White hyacints and pine cones are important too. But lets not forget the mouth watering marzipan (almond paste) and nougat on coffee tables all around the country… I know bicycles aren’t exactly a Christmas thing but only in Denmark will you see a baby chair that matches the color of the mother’s bicycle! Says so much about the importance of bicycles and design to the Danes.